The Waikato is a local government region of the upper North Island of New Zealand. The region stretches from Coromandel Peninsula in the north, to the north-eastern slopes of Mount Ruapehu in the south, and spans the North Island from the west coast, through the Waikato and Hauraki to Coromandel Peninsula on the east coast. Broadly, the extent of the region is the Waikato River catchment.
The name for the region is taken from the Waikato River; waikato is a Māori word traditionally translated as "flowing water".
Before the arrival of Europeans, the Waikato contained the third most densely populated part of New Zealand, after Northland/Auckland and the Bay of Plenty. The Waikato rohe (area) was inhabited by iwi (tribes) such as those of the Tainui confederation, including Waikato and Ngāti Toa who conquered the native inhabitants about 1450 according to Tainui historians, finally destroying them at a battle at Aratiatia. Between about 1750 and 1842 the area was subject to a large number of invasions by other Māori iwi and hapu confederations and large scale population migrations took place by a number of hapu and iwi. The largest battle ever fought in New Zealand took place near Ohaupo about 1790–1805, between two competing alliances of hapu. During the latter stages of this volatile period, known as the Musket Wars (1807–1845), conflict led to a migration south to Taranaki and eventually Kapiti Island.
Date | Departure | Arrival | Pilot | Aircraft | Landing rate | Distance | Flight time | ||
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30JUN25 0222Z | NZNR | NZHN | KipOnTheGround | Beechcraft 2000 Starship (STAR) | -82 ft/m | 670 nm | 02:37 | View | |
30JUN25 0053Z | NZNR | NZHN | Rlydeadly | Piper Malibu Meridian (P46T) | -60 ft/m | 211 nm | 00:55 | View | |
30JUN25 0041Z | NZNR | NZHN | Chase648 | Beechcraft 2000 Starship (STAR) | -226 ft/m | 5416 nm | 00:39 | View | |
30JUN25 0032Z | NZNR | NZHN | Captain Cocktail | Piaggio P.180 Avanti (P180) | -135 ft/m | 195 nm | 00:45 | View | |
30JUN25 0030Z | NZNR | NZHN | Justjohn12345 | Cessna 400 (COL4) | -48 ft/m | 170 nm | 01:03 | View | |
30JUN25 0027Z | NZNR | NZHN | T.J. Turner | LearFan 2100 08 | -159 ft/m | 149 nm | 00:43 | View | |
30JUN25 0025Z | NZNR | NZHN | Cosmicpulsar | Cirrus Vision SF-50 (SF50) | -213 ft/m | 123 nm | 00:31 | View | |
30JUN25 0024Z | NZNR | NZHN | ChaseButters | Beechcraft 2000 Starship (STAR) | -102 ft/m | 153 nm | 00:38 | View | |
30JUN25 0021Z | NZNR | NZHN | Tomi009 | Cessna Citation Mustang (C510) | -258 ft/m | 152 nm | 00:37 | View | |
30JUN25 0021Z | NZNR | NZHN | Flightsimmax | Socata TBM-9X0 (TBM9) | -144 ft/m | 146 nm | 00:36 | View | |
30JUN25 0020Z | NZNR | NZHN | Dbrito | Socata TBM-9X0 (TBM9) | -165 ft/m | 146 nm | 00:35 | View | |
15JUN25 0926Z | NZNR | NZHN | PAPA974 | De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter (DHC6) | -171 ft/m | 133 nm | 00:52 | View | |
01JUN25 0626Z | NZCH | NZHN | Asgard2006 | ATR ATR-72-600 (AT76) | -311 ft/m | 362 nm | 01:15 | View | |
09MAY25 1831Z | NZOH | NZHN | Raul Louro | Cirrus Vision SF-50 (SF50) | -66 ft/m | 194 nm | 00:51 | View | |
17APR25 0132Z | NZWO | NZHN | PVPilot | Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning 2 (F35) | -18 ft/m | 168 nm | 00:21 | View | |
11APR25 1519Z | NZGS | NZHN | J.A. | Douglas DC-3 (DC3) | -251 ft/m | 593 nm | 04:43 | View | |
20MAR25 1701Z | NZWN | NZHN | Staghound | Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor (F22) | -153 ft/m | 219 nm | 00:17 | View | |
14MAR25 0223Z | NZWN | NZHN | Davi Pereira | ATR ATR-72-600 (AT76) | -213 ft/m | 212 nm | 00:57 | View | |
10MAR25 0352Z | NZSL | NZHN | Oz Flyer/Nexus27 | Boeing CH-47 Chinook (H47) | -66 ft/m | 100 nm | 00:43 | View | |
01MAR25 0924Z | NZNR | NZHN | VAF278 Roberto | Airbus A-400M (A400) | -451 ft/m | 130 nm | 00:24 | View |